The problem we had at the start was, I’d always considered myself to be a very intelligent player. When he bought in, everyone bought in,” said Hull.

But Mike bought in, and that’s all that mattered. He turned Mike into his checking centre, which I always thought was ass-backwards. And if he would only change his game - read: forsake some offence and work harder defensively - they could win in Dallas. Louis, playing 90-second to two minute shifts. The Blues never won jack when Hull was running off five seasons of 50 or more goals in St. The story goes that, before the Stars could win with Hull they had to transform his game.

We just have different philosophies on the game. We had a great relationship - I love the guy. “He tried to make his point, then I tried to make my point. We butted heads over hockey philosophy,” explains Hull. It was neither the first, nor the last time the two disagreed over how the game should be played. Hitchcock kicked Hull off the practice ice that day.

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